Guidelines for Poster Presentation at epiSTEME-7:
Poster Location
Posters will be displayed in a separate are at the venue of the conference. Your poster will be identified by your paper ID. A card with your identifier will be posted on each display panel to indicate the location for your poster. Each presenter will be provided with a table and a seating facility. During the poster session, participants will come around in the poster area and interact in the poster presentations.
Size and Mounting
Panel boards for the display of your posters shall be provided. The size of each panel board is approximately 4 ft wide and 3 ft high. (landscape mode). These boards are made of PVC and fixed on a stand. Your poster will be mounted on one such board.
A photograph with the exact dimension and details can be viewed here.
The panel on the top has two sections each measuring (59 cm wide and 14 cm in height for Title) and two sections each measuring (59 cm wide and 85 cm in height as the Main area)- the dimensions are the inner dimensions excluding the frame.
Materials for Poster
The posters may be printed or drawn on any reasonably light material, including paper. These will have to be mounted on the panels using sticking tapes (double sided or single sided tapes, etc). Pins and thumbtacks cannot be used on these boards. We encourage you to bring along sticking materials you may need. Some mounting materials will also be made available in the poster area.
Title
Each poster must have a title displayed at the top.
Authors
Names of author(s), their institution of affiliation and country with email ids of author/s must also be displayed.
Font Sizes
Title – 70-100 point
Author, Affiliation – 40-50 point
Heading – 50-70 point
Text – 30-35 point
Acknowledgements, References – 20 point
Please note that the font sizes are just indicative.
General tips
Effective posters –
- Invite attention
- Present a clear message
- Have a minimal amount of text
- Have self-explanatory tables and figures
- Organize materials coherently
- Maintain a logical sequence, requiring no further explanation
- Are based on evidence, thereby appealing to a critical audience
- Have large size of fonts in text, figures and tables, so as to be easily readable and visible from a distance (of say, 1200 mm or 4 feet)
Some Links on Poster Presentations:
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/posterpres.html
http://www.asp.org/education/howto_onPosters.html
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm